Vessels and Tears (Archived Version)

Adventures of 3 AM

 Pale glanced at the clock on the wall of his workshop. It read 3:00 A.M. Sighing, he looked around warily, hoping no one would catch him awake after hours. He was sure that everyone was asleep, but of course that was not true. You were in the kitchen eating tea bags, Ze'mer was hitting her head against a desk trying to knock an idea or something into it, and mom was watching Pale like a hawk from around the corner.
Mom swept into the room gracefully and wrapped her arms around Pale. Pale squeaked in surprise and turned his face to hers to be met with a kiss. "You should be asleep..." He muttered flustered. "You too Mr.Workshop." Mom chuckled and nuzzled his cheek.
Meanwhile, out in the kitchen...
You focused on a piece of dust, curious if this would work. It did and you focused it into your system, only to choke and cough a lot. Last you checked you didn't have lungs to cough with, so how that was possible was a mystery to you.
You felt sleepy and after that days training, just wanted to curl up and sleep. But you had a small roadblock. You didn't know where you and Hollows room was, you were already asleep when Pale brought you there. So your options were sleep in the gardens, the seemingly most comfortable place other than the floor or find your way yourself.
You decided to go with the gardens plan. Slinking around until you found your way to the gardens, a scene you didn't expect to see greeted you. Dryya was fast asleep on a bench and Ze'mer was hitting her head on a wall. You suspected she was drunk and decided to find a nice place in the foliage to sleep.
You found a nice place in a bush of soft and nice smelling flowers and curled up. You looked at the bench nearby and saw Dryya shiver. Ze'mer was still busy giving herself a concussion. As much as you resented Dryya you had a small appreciation for her. She was interesting and reminded you of you cousin back at home. An asshole, but her hearts in the right place.
You got up from your place and jumped on the bench next to her, curling up in a ball next to her chest and pressing to her, shortly after falling asleep. Dryya opened one eye and saw you there next to her. She put an arm around you and fell back asleep.
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You awoke alone on the same bench the next morning, someone shaking you awake. Looking up and shaking out of sleep you saw mom with a rather concerned look. You sat up and stretched your arms. That's when Mom gave you the news. "Pales missing."
You looked at her confused. What did she mean by "Pales missing"? You tilted your head and she sighed. "I woke up this morning and was going to find Pale to lecture him more about breaking rules because hes the king- I mean... nevermind, anyway, I couldn't find him. Anywhere. He just up and left without a word, and I'm sending you with an escort to look for him.
You gave her a look of "Why me?" and she said "You still haven't seen Hallownest, so why keep you cooped up here when there's a big world to explore. You don't get a choice either. So come on, lets go."
You met your escort soon after. Being held by best tree mom, you felt a sense of awkwardness overtake you when you laid eyes on a random servant. Great. Just great. You couldn't use a nail properly, barely knew how to fight, and your escort was about as tall as you. This was going to go swimmingly...
You hugged Mom goodbye and pressed your face to her cheek and hopped down to begin your new little adventure that you probably wouldn't survive. You left the palace grounds and looked at the layout before you. Now its time to save your useless, good for nothing, murderous and odd father. You only now wondered what you would be doing if you were at home. But half of you was happy that this happened. Because things would probably only get more and more interesting...
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The plot THICCENS. Ok, sorry for how short it is, I just wanted to get this over with so I can get this party started. P.S bad things happen in the next chapter, prepare for a crack show with some insanity and a dash o angst.

As usual, I'll fix the errors later, Erase and ascend, Peace out.



Oh yeah, Best Tree Mom loves you.